i learned something interesting today
i have always liked history in general.
something about the stories of the past that tickle my curiousity and imagination.
according to my history 165 prof, Mr. Dave Lozada, history is storytelling. but the main difference between history and literature is that history is real. it really happened unlike most literary works that are fictional.
so anyway,
history 165 is about Rizal and the emergence of the Philippine Nation.
and i really enjoyed what we discussed earlier in class.
indeed there is something wrong with how most of the high schools in the country teach their students Philippine History.
Philippine history is usually taught by dividing the chornological sequence into periods like
Pre-Spanish Period
Spanish Era
American Period then
Japanese Occupation
why is it that when we talk about Philippine History, we divide it using titles with foreign races?
when in fact "dapat ang bida, tayong mga Pilipino!"
and so it got me thinking and in fact, he is right.
its our history! OURs.. our story. then why the hell are we using their names to define our history? while it is true that they had impact in our history with all the centuries of colonization and oppression, our history must be taken in the light of our own perpective since its our history.
pang footnote nga lang daw dapat sila. true right?
that's all. im too lazy to expound all the ideas i want to express so that is why i shall stop here. my history prof is so cool. i really enjoy history because of his lectures.
something about the stories of the past that tickle my curiousity and imagination.
according to my history 165 prof, Mr. Dave Lozada, history is storytelling. but the main difference between history and literature is that history is real. it really happened unlike most literary works that are fictional.
so anyway,
history 165 is about Rizal and the emergence of the Philippine Nation.
and i really enjoyed what we discussed earlier in class.
indeed there is something wrong with how most of the high schools in the country teach their students Philippine History.
Philippine history is usually taught by dividing the chornological sequence into periods like
Pre-Spanish Period
Spanish Era
American Period then
Japanese Occupation
why is it that when we talk about Philippine History, we divide it using titles with foreign races?
when in fact "dapat ang bida, tayong mga Pilipino!"
and so it got me thinking and in fact, he is right.
its our history! OURs.. our story. then why the hell are we using their names to define our history? while it is true that they had impact in our history with all the centuries of colonization and oppression, our history must be taken in the light of our own perpective since its our history.
pang footnote nga lang daw dapat sila. true right?
that's all. im too lazy to expound all the ideas i want to express so that is why i shall stop here. my history prof is so cool. i really enjoy history because of his lectures.
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